Distance coverd in past 24 hours 137 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 415 NM. Yesterday was a slow day motoring gently in light winds and calm seas. By night time the wind dropped to just five or six knots and, with an adverse tide, we were making headway at less than five knots. Fortunately from …
Distance covered in the past 24 hours 137 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 546 NM. The Azores are tantalisingly close but the wind keeps dropping and the boat slows down. It’s a bit frustrating and is forcing us to use the engine more and more. We have plenty of fuel and spare jerry cans on …
Distance travelled in the past 24 hours 136 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 688 NM. Conditions on our passage have now settled down with the wind a steady force 4 from the south west. Annoyingly, at times the wind strength drops below this and we have been forced to use the engine a little more …
Distance covered in the past 24 hours 155 NM, distance covered overall 1945 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 833 NM. We’ve had better winds in the past 24 hours and enjoyed a great broad reach sail. The favourable wind looks set to continue today so we’re hoping for more good progress. On the downside, when …
Distance covered in the past 24 hours 130 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 988 NM. After the previous 24 hours record run I think we all felt a bit over-optimistic about our arrival date in the Azores. We should have known better! The wind subsequently died and overnight we crawled along with the sails flapping …
Distance covered in the last 24 hours 168 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 1106 NM. Downwind sailing really suits Merryn and yesterday we recorded our greatest ever distance in 24 hours. Conditions were lively but not excessive and we had a great downwind sail. The forecast now is for the winds to ease and indeed …
Distance covered in the last 24 hours 154 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 1270 NM. The winds and sea state are quite exciting but, because the weather is all behind us, it feels very comfortable and we are making terrific progress. The boat is remarkably stable, sufficient for us to have had showers and even …
Distance covered in last 24 hours 148Nm, distance to Horta 1388NM. The picture says it all. Yesterday we enjoyed sunshine and some great downwind sailing. Today it’s pouring with rain, the waves are towering. and we have winds blowing up to 30 Knots. We are just glad to have made it sufficiently far south to …
Distance travelled in the past 24 hours 145 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 1524 NM. We spent most of yesterday motor sailing south to reach an latitude of 31 degrees north to try to avoid the bad weather further north, and consequently had a relaxed and steady day. At 6pm it was time for Peter …
Distance covered in the past 24 hours 151 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 1585 NM. We continue to meander in seemingly random directions in our attempts to avoid the bad weather to our North East. The picture taken from the ‘Windy’ forecasting app shows the strong winds in yellow and red to the east of …